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📚 twenty-three of 2020: Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1968 Hugo Best Novel

A neat blending of western SF sensibilities with the Indian pantheon of gods; enjoyed this one more than I expected given that I didn’t much like Zelazny’s prior Hugo winner.

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📚 twenty-two of 2020: Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp ⭐️⭐️⭐️

On its own, a fairly standard action thriller. But as the source material for Die Hard, it’s a fascinating artifact. Surprisingly similar, and all changes made for the film were for the better.

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📚 twenty-one of 2020: Matter’s End by Gregory Benford ⭐️⭐️

An average collection of short stories, some of which show their age more than others—especially one that starts with a riff on Mormon missionaries and ends with what comes across as (unconscious?) Islamophobia.

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Forty-seven! While I don’t really have any basis for comparison, so far, this quarantine birthday hasn’t been too bad.

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📚 twenty of 2020: Starman by Alan Dean Foster ⭐️⭐️⭐️

A pleasant and easy adaptation of an 80s SF film that I remember enjoying when it came out. It’s another of the “benevolent alien meets paranoid humans” contact stories, but does it simply and well.

Plague Puzzle Two

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We actually completed this one a couple weeks ago; I just forgot to post the photos until now.

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📚 nineteen of 2020: The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1967 Hugo Best Novel

Once again, Heinlein has strong and interesting SF (the moon declaring independence) coupled with politics I don’t entirely go for and serious issues with women and sexism.

Plague Puzzle One

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Hey, we’ve got all those puzzles…maybe this is a good time to work on one?

There’s the border! This is kinda fun!

Hmmmm.

So many pieces. Why did we want to do this?

A little more progress.

A few sections are starting to come together.

Suddenly we hit the point of no return…

…and violà! Success!